FIGURE 12.4
Triggered Displaced Aggression
When rating a somewhat bumbling assistant (in the trigger condition), participants made the harshest evaluations if they had been insulted earlier by someone else. This situation illustrates triggered displaced aggression because participants derogated the assistant only if he or she did something to trigger the aggressive response.
Triggered Displaced Aggression
When rating a somewhat bumbling assistant (in the trigger condition), participants made the harshest evaluations if they had been insulted earlier by someone else. This situation illustrates triggered displaced aggression because participants derogated the assistant only if he or she did something to trigger the aggressive response.
[Data source: Pedersen et al. (2000)]